Eight people have lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Indonesia.
The Airbus H130, operated by Matthew Air Nusantara, went down on Thursday in a remote forested area of Sekadau Regency in West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo.
The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control just five minutes after it took off from a palm oil plantation in Melawi district.
Rescue teams reached the site on Friday and confirmed that all eight people on board had died.
The group included two crew members and six passengers, among them one Malaysian national.
Officials recovered the bodies from the steep, wooded terrain near Nanga Taman district.
The helicopter had set off from a helipad owned by the palm oil company Citra Mahkota and was heading to another plantation site in Kubu Raya district.
Authorities have yet to establish the cause of the incident, and investigators from the transportation ministry have begun work at the scene.
This marks the latest accident involving a helicopter used for transport between plantation areas in the region.
Search and rescue operations involved teams from the National Search and Rescue Agency, who faced difficult conditions because of the dense forest and hilly ground.
Condolences have come in from officials, and the families of those involved continue to receive support as identification processes move forward.
